Fundraising

The VC firm, one of Europe's largest, will use the vehicle to make direct secondaries investments in European technology companies.

Northleaf Capital Partners' latest fund is more than three times larger than its predecessor. Managing director Michael Flood discusses how the firm plans to deploy the vehicle and the additional $500m it amassed in SMAs.

New managers are up, secondaries are down and co-investments remain popular in the latest version of the Rede Liquidity Index.

Amy Thiessen, who has real estate experience, joins the firm to focus on raising capital and developing strategic partnerships.

Pomona Capital chief executive Michael Granoff discusses the firm's individual investor-focused vehicle on the back of its $1.8bn final close on Fund IX.

The firm has held the final close on Northleaf Secondary Partners II after more than one year in market.

The latest secondaries capital raising by the firm further demonstrates increasing appetite for buying properties from tail-end funds.

The firm has collected €135m for eQ PE SF II, which had an undefined target.

Franklin Templeton Private Equity is now looking for professionals with multi-manager, co-investment, secondaries and directs experience.

Managing director Alexander Apponyi will be active across the fund placement and secondaries advisory functions.